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Saudi Arabia Won't Cut Oil Production, Says Foreign Minister

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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the country is not prepared to cut oil production, AFP reports.

"If other producers want to limit or agree to a freeze in terms of additional production, that may have an impact on the market but Saudi Arabia is not prepared to cut production," Adel al-Jubeir told AFP in an interview.

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